Santa Clara–Great America
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Amtrak and ACE commuter rail station | |||||||||||||||||||||
Station seen from Tasman Drive looking south
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Location | 5099 Stars & Stripes Drive Santa Clara CA 95054 |
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Coordinates | 37°24′24″N 121°58′01″W / 37.406645°N 121.96688°WCoordinates: 37°24′24″N 121°58′01″W / 37.406645°N 121.96688°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
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ACE
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Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | VTA Buses & Light Rail | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | GAC | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | May 21, 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Passengers (2017) | 167,475 10.3% (Amtrak) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Santa Clara – Great America (called Great America by ACE) is a train station in Santa Clara, California. It hosts Amtrak's Capitol Corridor trains and Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) trains. The station is close to Levi's Stadium and California's Great America. Amtrak service to Santa Clara began on May 21, 1993.
Of the 74 California stations served by Amtrak, Great America was the 25th-busiest in FY2012, boarding or detraining an average of about 332 passengers daily.
The Great America station is served by VTA buses:
Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach line 6 stops here between San Jose and Stockton.
VTA's Lick Mill light rail stop is several blocks east of the station, on Tasman Drive; VTA's Great America station is one stop west on the Mountain View – Winchester line.